HIST 111 Final: Hist 111 Study Guide Final with own Answers
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Boccaccio, decameron (introduction) tells of the black plague in florence. The spread of plague and commercial networks. The idea of a middle age between antiquity and the present. Ghiberti and the baptistery doors of florence. Masaccio, botticelli, leonardo da vinci, raphael, michelangelo, etc. Conquest of constantinople: 1453 (end of the byzantine empire) Spice trade and fantastic tales (the travels of marco polo) Bartholomew dias (1488) reaches the cape of good hope. Vasco da gama (1498) rounds africa and reaches india. Conquest of granada & the expulsion of the jews. Treaty of tordesillas (1494): spain and portugal divide the world. Triangular trade in the atlantic world: the fracturing of religion [1500-1550] Desiderius erasmus: greek edition of the new testament (1516) The avignon papacy and the great schism (1378-1417) Ninety-five theses (1517) against the practice of indulgences. Scripture as the sole authority (sola scriptura) The german peasants" revolt (1525) and martin luther"s reaction. Charles v and attempts to enforce catholicism in germany.
